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American Students Gathered at Moscow University

2008-1339
Accession Number
2008-1339
4.75x7
Black & White
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NAID 350477706
Related Collection
Thayer, Charles W. Papers
Keywords
Students
Universities and colleges
HST Keywords
Russia; Soviet Union
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Description
Interior view of a group identified as American students seated at a table. Inscription on back of photograph reads: "U.S. students at Moscow University." Taken while W. Averell Harriman was visiting the Soviet Union in 1959. Charles W. Thayer accompanied Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959. Harriman went as a special foreign correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA). Trip visits included Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, Yalta, etc., as well as areas in Siberia and the Urals, and ended with a meeting with Nikita Khrushchev.
Date(s)
May 18, 1959